PS1: It's Back Pong The Next Level

[fiddlepaddle]

I've been trying to play this Playstation game. My analog PS1 controller (using the smaller PS One) seems to do the same thing in analog mode with the left stick, as it does in regular digital mode with the cross-pad: the "paddle" just slides quickly from, for example, the top of the board to the bottom, starting fairly slowly, then accelerating to it's max speed.

 

The instructions and back of the CD case both say the analog controller is supported, but I can't figure out how to modulate the speed of the paddle so I have careful control of the position.

 

Can anybody tell me how this works? or does "analog" mode merely mean you can use the stick in place of the cross-pad?

[BinaryStar]

IIRC that game is supports digital input only. Very disappointing as it's very nearly a great version of Pong.

[fiddlepaddle]

Yeah, that's what it seems. Too bad.

[ComputerSpaceFan]

IIRC that game is supports digital input only. Very disappointing as it's very nearly a great version of Pong.

 

Wait a sec, you mean the Pong game doesn't use analog control yet the PS1 Break Out game did? What genius made that design choice??

[BinaryStar]

IIRC, it was first released before 'dual shock' controllers were out, so no analog controls.

[CRV]

I don't think there's any "speed modulation," but it does support the DualShock.

[copper20]

DualShock came out in late 1997/early 1998, Pong The Next Level came out in 1999. It probably uses DualShock, but there's games like Turnabout that doesn't use that controller's capabilities, not even the analog sticks.